Too Much on Netflix sees Girls star and Catherine Called Birdy writer Lena Dunham team up with her husband Luis Felber to create this new romantic comedy series.
Hacks actor Megan Stalter plays New York workaholic Jessica Salmon, who while still reeling from a break-up decides to move to London, England, to live a life of solitude ‘like a Bronte sister’. However, life decides to throw her a curveball and in the UK she meets man-child Felix Remen (The White Lotus star Will Sharpe), a trauma-ridden, wannabe musician who sleeps with any woman who stays in the bar past closing time. The connection between them is undeniable but their relationship throws up more problems than it solves. Will the path of true love ever run smoothly for the pair? Also look out for great stars including Andrew Scott, Jennifer Saunders, Kit Harington, Rita Ora, Rhea Perlman, Stephen Fry and Jessica Alba.
“This is a show that is very close to my heart — created with my husband Luis, cast with my favourite actors — the geniuses that are Meg and Will, along with a bevy of friends – and partnering again with Working Title, who are behind the romantic comedies that formed me,” says Lena Dunham. “Netflix has been so deeply supportive of the vision, which is to create a romantic comedy that makes us root for love, brings joy but also has the jagged edges of life.”
Here’s everything you need to know about the Netflix series Too Much…
Too Much release date
Too Much is a 10-part series will launch worldwide on Netflix from Thursday July 10 2024.
Is there a trailer?
Yes a trailer for Too Much has been released by Netflix! Looks like she's having so much fun in London!
Too Much plot
After a bad break-up New Yorker Jessica (Megan Stalter) finds her life spiralling and, as her friends start disappearing and her bad behaviour catches up with her, she decides to move to London for a fresh start.
On her first night, Jessica heads to a pub and has an unglamorous encounter with musician Felix Remen (The White Lotus’s Will Sharpe) in the toilets and the pair feel strangely attracted to one another. There’s an instant connection between them, but Felix has issues, and their relationship is anything but straightforward. Felix is described as ‘less Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and more Hugh Grant's drunken roommate’, But when Jessica realises that trusting someone is scarier than trusting no one, will their trans-Atlantic romance stand a chance?
Too Much cast — Megan Stalter on playing Jessica Salmon
In Too Much, Megan Stalter plays workaholic Jessica, whose life is upended when she meets Felix. Megan says: "Jessica thinks London is going to be really dreamy and romantic, and it’s kind of the opposite of that. She’s super-sensitive and emotional; she just wants to be in love and be happy, but she definitely gets in her own way a little bit. If you’ve been in a bad relationship, you feel different about yourself - that’s what is happening to Jessica.
"Before I first went to London, I thought it was going to be dreamy pastures and big animals everywhere. And some places we filmed at were just like that, out of a story book. But a lot of it was more similar to New York than I expected, and a little more rainy and gloomy than I thought it would be. I actually really liked the rain, though!
"I think there is some truth to opposites attracting. Jess is more overt and emotional, whereas Felix is cool. I’m sure the cool person probably wants a little bit of the emotion, and the person who wears her heart on her sleeve wants to appear more cool.
"Will Sharpe is much sillier than I thought he would be! I knew him as an amazing actor and director, and I’m a weird, strange comedian, so I wondered if he was going to be OK with me being goofy and misbehaving – but he’s actually really mischievous! He’s very sweet and fun to work with."
* Megan Stalter plays Kayla in the programme Hacks and had her own series The Megan Stalter Show. She’s also been in Queer as Folk, Sometimes I Think About Dying, Problemista and Cora Bora.
Will Sharpe as Felix Remen
Will Sharpe stars in Too Much as waster Felix who is traumatised by his past.
"One of the things I love about the series is how it explores the way the baggage you have, whether from previous relationships or life expectations, can get in the way of your present relationship," says Will. "Felix is trying to be better, but events bring certain things flooding back, and he realises maybe he’s still got quite a lot of work to do.
"Felix has been in quite a heavy punk band, but when we meet him, he’s trying to start again – to be different or better in some way – and is now writing his own music. However, the events in the series bring certain things flooding back, and he realises that, ultimately, maybe he’s still got quite a lot of work to do."
* Will Sharpe played Ethan in the hit series The White Lotus season 2 and has also been in Defending The Guilty, Giri/Haji, Flowers. Will played Yuki Reid in BBC1's hospital drama Casualty from 2009 to 2010. He will star in Sky series Amadeus in 2024.
Who else is starring in Too Much?
In Too Much, Richard E Grant (Saltburn) plays Jessica’s new boss Jonno, Naomi Watts as his wife Ann, and Stephen Fry as Felix’s father Simon.
The remaining cast for Too Much are Adele Exarchopoulos (Passages), Adwoa Aboah (Top Boy), Andrew Rannells (GIRLS5EVA), Daisy Bevan (The Alienist), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game Of Thrones, 1917), Emily Ratajkowski (Gone Girl), Janicza Bravo (Sharp Stick), Kaori Momoi (The Brightest Roof in the Universe), Leo Reich (Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!), Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Prasanna Puwanarajah (The Crown), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Rita Wilson (Sleepless in Seattle) Andrew Scott, Jennifer Saunders, Kit Harington (Industry), Rita Ora and Jessica Alba
Take a look at some great cast photos on the Netflix Instagram post below...
Behind the scenes — Lena Dunham on creating Too Much
At a Netflix event in London in January 2025, Len Dunham told us about creating Too Much: "So I co-created the show with my husband, Luis Felber, who's a large part of why I stayed in this country, besides, you know, also crumpets and rain. And I was really excited, of course. Some of the experience, some of my own experiences, did kick start the concept for the show. I'm always looking for actors who can truly make the character their own. And I'm sure many of you have fallen in love with Megan Stalter from her work as Kayla on Hacks, the not very competent, but utterly delightful assistant. And I also fell in love with her work on Instagram during the pandemic, when all we needed was to be entertained. And what I love about her is she is truly an old fashioned physical comedian in the vein of, you know, Carol Burnett or Elaine May, but she has something really modern and also really sweet about her, and she can move between intense comedy and heavy drama with ease. And she just felt like the perfect foil to feel how Americans contrast against the people of this nation, because it didn't take very long for me to realize that while you technically speak the same language, there are some vast differences that I am still coming to understand."
